Version 7.5.00.24 of MaxDB software available now

[Marina Montag]

Hello,
the new MaxDB software version 7.5.00.24 is available now. The following
features are included: 
- A new version of the MaxDB PHP extension 
  The major highlights of this new version are:
  * New object oriented interface, which is compatible to MySQL's mysqli
extension (PHP 5)
  * Trace function available now, which can be switched on and off using
MaxDB PHP
  * MaxDB PHP can be used with PHP 4 and PHP 5 
    For more details use the links offered at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/interfaces.html#php

- The MaxDB Loader is now able to process UTF-8 command files.

- New DBM command sql_updatestat_per_systemtable for updating the
statistics of only those tables that actually require a statistics
update.

The new server packages can be downloaded from
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/maxdb/7.5.00.html.

New client packages can be downloaded from
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/maxdb/clients_75.html.

For the list of changes in this version see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/changes/changes_7.5.00.24.html.

Best regards
Marina Montag
for the MaxDB Team
SAP Labs Berlin
SAP AG